Mists of Pandaria: Black Market Auction House

Always wanted Tier 3 gear for transmog or never got Ashes of Al'ar to drop? You're in luck now, with the Black Market Auction House.

The BMAH was designed to be a fun type of gold sink--where rare items are periodically generated and placed on a special Auction House for players to bid on. Players cannot list items themselves; instead, they are generated by the server and "listed" by an in-game NPC. The AH is "run" by in The Veiled Stair, with nearby.

Rare mounts, vanity pets, TCG items, Tier 3 armor, and epic recipes will find their way to the Black Market Auction House, and more controversially, heroic raid epics will also be available. While not many items will be up per week, it does raise concerns that raiders will be forced to buy armor with gold to help progression, which will put an emphasis on gold farming and change the server culture and economy. There's also some ilvl 483 PvP items for sale as well.

Bids start in the - range and there is no buyout option. The sky is the limit when competing against other collectors for items.

We've compiled a list of BMAH items across beta servers and organized them under the cut!

Click the cut to see a list of items and learn about the NPCs selling them!

Items

We've been periodically checking the BMAH on all beta servers to get a fuller sense of what exactly is available. Since only a few items are up at once, there could be many more we haven't seen yet! User annerajb has also compiled a pretty extensive list in a comment.

Comment by Nulgar

Comment by syrae

on 2012-07-03T10:42:36-05:00

Hippogryph Hatchling < Isnt TCG.Its from the blizzard store with the money for Japan earthquake thingie

Comment by Nulgar

on 2012-07-03T10:43:23-05:00

However, trivial pets such as Obsidian Hatchling? It was bad enough that you could get simple vendor-bought pets from the Satchel of Exotic Mysteries... ok, sure, people with a lot of gold probably know about these trivial items, but still, it feels weak.

Comment by perculia

on 2012-07-03T10:46:26-05:00

Hippogryph Hatchling < Isnt TCG.Its from the blizzard store with the money for Japan earthquake thingie

The Cenarion Hatchling is a duplicate of the TCG pet. It caused some qq because the original pet used to be moderately expensive and now there was a cheap replica available.

Comment by syrae

on 2012-07-03T10:48:18-05:00

Hippogryph Hatchling < Isnt TCG.Its from the blizzard store with the money for Japan earthquake thingie

The Cenarion Hatchling is a duplicate of the TCG pet. It caused some qq because the original pet used to be moderately expensive and now there was a cheap replica available.

Oh my bad then :x I though it was the same one..

Comment by aeonfyre

on 2012-07-03T10:49:48-05:00

it does raise concerns that raiders will be forced to buy armor with gold to help progression

Comment by Ashelia

That would be gamebreaking, it would be like having gladiator mounts on there TBH. I'm ok with them adding rare drops, especially since TK is so easy to duo now, but Invincible and Mimi's head should remain an absolute nightmare to obtain honestly. They will already be a lot easier when we're up to 90 and have monks to help duo/solo with.

Comment by DartVader

on 2012-07-03T11:16:26-05:00

Adamsmhaakkon said:Boo no Invincible's Reins. I would have thought it would be in the list given that Reins of the Blazing Drake and Smoldering Egg of Millagazor were.

No Head either if you notice.Keep in mind, this has only been happening for a few weeks on 4 servers. I'd be very surprised if we've seen all the items available. Also, there's still plenty of time for them to add to the list.

Comment by thaedris20

I figured they would throw some TCG stuff up on the BMAH and i actually like that, now the farm the gold to get me that rocket.....

actually i figured that this would sell a lot of the TCG stuff

Comment by LZTYBRN

on 2012-07-03T11:53:28-05:00

I honestly don't see this as becoming too popular. I think the majority of people who even use it are just gonna check every day for that one item they want, buy it, and never come back.

Comment by Vash2214

on 2012-07-03T12:19:22-05:00

I'm sort of torn on this one. I've built up my collection over the years and to see someone just buy the very item me and probably many others have spent months or even years farming is kinda annoying. Makes me wish I had spent that time farming money instead. Ya know?

Comment by Adamsm

on 2012-07-03T12:23:28-05:00

I'm sort of torn on this one. I've built up my collection over the years and to see someone just buy the very item me and probably many others have spent months or even years farming is kinda annoying. Makes me wish I had spent that time farming money instead. Ya know?

And the items that haven't been removed are still available for farming as well.